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Stroke Prevention

• The Prevention area of the Stroke Association website and their collection of prevention leaflets explain common risk-factors for stroke and how to reduce your risk of stroke.
• The American Heart Association has articles like Beyond F.A.S.T. – Other Symptoms You Should Know and Additional Stroke Symptoms in Women.

Understanding Stroke

• NHS Choices is a confidential healthcare advice and information service to promote health and wellbeing. NHS Choices articles outline the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatments for stroke, conditions that are risk-factors for stroke, and conditions that can be caused by stroke.
• What is a stroke? web page from the Stroke Association explains the symptoms, types, and effects of strokes.
• This Patient.info Stroke Information article gives a detailed explanation of what happens in your brain during a stroke, with diagrams.
• NHS Stroke Booklet has information for patients and their carers, families, and friends about stroke, the effects of stroke, stroke prevention, and stroke rehabilitation. The booklet is downloadable and printable and allows stroke patients to keep a record of their care.

Condition specific info

• Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) is a "mini stroke" caused by a temporary disruption in the blood supply to part of the brain.
• Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a heart condition that causes an irregular and often abnormally fast heart rate. People with atrial fibrillation are at more risk of having a stroke.
• Hypertension (high blood pressure)
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Diabetes

• Aphasia is when a person has difficulty with the way they understand and use language. The Stroke Association have more information about aphasia here.
• Dysarthria (difficulty speaking).
• Dystonia is the name for uncontrolled and sometimes painful muscle movements (spasms).

Life after stroke

• The Stroke Association Effects of Stroke website area and Life After Stroke website area are a great information resource. You can find information about the changes people experience after stroke and relevant therapies and support groups.
• The Stroke Association My Stroke Guide  is an online resource with an online forum to share experiences and ask questions and lots of easy-to-read articles and videos offering advice about stroke and recovery.
• You can find stories and videos from stroke survivors about their experiences on the Stroke Association, the British Heart Foundation, and Different Strokes websites.
• Self Help 4 Stroke is a self-management website for people who have had a stroke from NHS Scotland and Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland.
• The British & Irish Orthoptic Society website has information about vision problems after a stroke.
• The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy website has information about physiotherapy after stroke.
• The Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (RCSLT) website has information about speech and language therapy after stroke.

Apps and web-based resources

• Ability Net’s My Computer My Way website has step-by-step guides for individual adjustments you can make to your computer, laptop, tablet or smart phone to make it easier to use.
• My Therappy website lists NHS-recommended apps to aid stroke recovery and rehabilitation.
• The Aphasia software finder is a website with information about apps and software programs in the English language for people with aphasia.
• The British & Irish Orthoptic Society have published a list of web based therapies for visual field loss and visual neglect.

Additional Links for Carers

• Stroke Association Carer’s hub.
• Stroke4carers website from Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland.
• Carers UK provide help and advice for carers and connect with carers in their local community and on their welcoming online community forum. You can find their contact page here. 
• The British Heart Foundation Guide to Caring for Someone With a Heart Condition

SSNAP Resources

• The SSNAP Help Area has lots of information about how we collect data and guidance for users.
• On the SSNAP Webinar page you can view recordings of our latest webinars and download the presentation slides.